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H THIER BUTTON FASTENER.

Patented Nov. 27, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMANN THIER, OF KGNIGSTEIN, GERMANY.

BUTTON-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,974, dated November27, 1 894.

' Application filed May 31,1894. Serial No. 513,057. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMANN ,THIER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Konigstein-on-the-Elbe, Germany, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Button-Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a device for fastening buttons on articles ofclothing by hand.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive andefficient fastener adapted to be readily applied and operated for thepurpose of firmly securing buttons to garments, and my inventionconsists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of partsas hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:Figure 1 is a plan view of the clincher a, before theprongs thereof have been bent into position. Fig. 2 is a side view ofsaid clincher after its prongs have been bent into operative position.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the slotted plate d. Fig. 4 represents verticalsections of said plate d, taken at right angles to each other. Fig. 5 isa side view of the wings or branches 6. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectionthereof. Fig. 7 is a plan View of the plate d, and the wings e. Fig. 8is a vertical section thereof.- Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional elevationshowing the manner of applying the fastener, and before the prongs ofthe clincher a have been bent down. Fig. 10 is a similar view showingthe prongs of the clincher a, and the wings e, in their bent position.

In order to fasten, by means of this device, the usual bone, horn,metal, and other buttons, which are generally provided with four holesby which they are sewed on garments, a four-armed clincher or hold-fasta is employed, on which the button I) is slipped. The points of theclincher or hold-fast are pushed through the material 0 of the garment,so that they project on the under or inner side. For the purpose ofbending the said points back and securing them in that position, aprotecting cover is applied which consists of a slotted plate d and twowings or branches 6, the latter having bearing portions e which seatupon the upper face of the plate (1. This is so fitted on to theprojecting points of the clincher or hold-fast a by passing them throughthe slot, that each pair of points is brought into juxtaposition withone of .the said wings. The wings e are then bent away from each otherby hand so as to be quite flat, whereby the points are also bent backtherewith and are held in that position by the flattened wing.

l/Vhen' it is desired to detach the button, the wings are bent back intotheir original upright position, and then the clincher with the buttoncan be drawn out of the material.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent The herein describedfastener comprising the clincher at, having prongs adapted to passthrough the openings of a button, a plate d, having a slot through whichthe said prongs are adapted to pass, the wings or branches e, of aU-shape and provided with bearing portions 6 seated upon the upper edgeof the plate d, and said wings or branches being arranged to occupy aposition between the prongs of clincher a, and adapted to be bent awayfrom each other to cause the said prongs to be likewise bent and securedin a clinched position, as described.

Intestimony thatI claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereuntoset my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

HERMANN THIER.

Witnesses:

HERNANDO DE So'ro, RUD. SCHMIDT.

